Social Honeycomb

Today’s Honey: Common

Music colors my days. As a choreographer, I like music that lets me see movement and feel something at the same time. This takes many forms, and I always like finding new artists and songs that give me something new to feel. Like my good friend Amanda Mooney, I find some great music on television, but I also get a ton of great music from browsing dance videos on YouTube. Of course, right?

So, I want to share with you some musical honey that I think is cool today. I usually don’t like rap music, but I really like Common’s new song “I Want You” and the moody video he created for it. I think Common’s music is a refreshing take on hip hop, and I love how he uses his music to really tell a story.

@Twitter, Thanks for the Tee

Thanks, Biz Stone, for sending me a cool Twitter tee. I’ll definitely be seen out and about in Boston wearing it. Thank you for improving my wardrobe.

wearing my twitter shirt

My Social Media Thanksgiving with Auntie Sue

So, I wasn’t subtle at all about wanting my family to participate in my Social Media Thanksgiving this year. Auntie Sue (who was mentioned in my recent Utter) was really excited about my presence on the Web and wasn’t shy about making an Utter with me after we ate turkey, stuffing and mashies.

The best part of the following Utter is how much we’re giggling at the end. That’s what family means to me during the holidays. The times when you just get so silly that you can’t stop laughing at each other. Luckily, I caught some of it in my Utter and on my camera. (Pictures and video will follow once I get back to Boston.)

Love this holiday.

Julia Patricia Roy is a Seesmic Superstar

If you want to see some great Seesmic emotion courtesy of Julia Roy, you must watch this.

Help Me Raise Money for Susan G. Komen

As some of you know, I am a specialty choreographer for the senior company at The Dance Place, Inc. in Worcester, Mass. Every year in November, the studio puts on a beautiful show to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure. This year, I have taken it upon myself to go a step further for my dancers and the foundation.

I have been secretly visiting the studio each Sunday for the past two months and creating a surprise dance piece to give as a gift to the owner of The Dance Place. She’s had a few rough patches over the past couple years and we wanted to remind her that she has a strong, caring family of dancers who love her to pieces.

While I am not asking any of you to attend the show on Friday, I am asking you for any help you can provide as a donation to our cause. As a group, we want to present a combined check to our studio director at the finale of the benefit, and anything you can do will help us make a difference. Please Thank you so much for your support- it means the world to us.

Just a Girl on the Web…

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about gender and how this particular social construction influences different parts of my life.

I know plenty of girls who participate in online conversations and use the Web to express themselves. To me, this raises some interesting questions: What place does femininity have in the conversations on the Web? What does it mean to be a woman in social conversation?

Wanna talk about this? I want some perspectives- men and women of the Web, what do you think?

Will Twitter Respond?

So, I got some really nice responses from my social media buddies about my Halloween costume.  Chris Penn took it one step further, though, suggesting that I ask Twitter to replace the little blue bird with one of my photos and a “bring that beat back!” type of message.

I emailed pr[at]twitter.com yesterday and haven’t gotten a response, but I’m holding on to the hope that I could someday be that little bird, telling everyone that Twitter is going to be OK.  A girl can dream…

If you want me as your new Twitter bird, maybe you could drop them an email, too.  Either way, it’s a fun thought.  While you’re at it, tell Johnny Cupcakes to sponsor Julia Roy as well.  The girl needs a new tee.

This One Time, I Was Twitter for Halloween…

Dear Everyone,

Hope you had a great Halloween 2007!

With love,

The Twitter Bird

Jeff Pulver is a Dance Machine

I had the pleasure of attending the Boston TweetUp last night in the North End at Limoncello and then later the VON party at the Roxy. Let me just tell you- my new friends ROCK.

Joe Cascio organized a wonderful dinner for a great group of social media peeps, including Jim Long, known on Twitter as newmediajim. Great food, great conversation, great photos… I’m so glad I was able to join in.

After dinner, most of us headed over to the Roxy for the VON party, where I think I danced more in one night than I ever have in my whole life. That Jeff Pulver. Man can he bust a move. Laura Fitton, Julia Roy, Jesse Chenard, Amanda Mooney were also cuttin’ a rug on the dance floor. We had a ton of fun and I’m looking forward to future events with my awesome social media friends.

Dwight Schrute is on Second Life

The Office LOVES social media.  Dwight is on Second Life right now flying around in virtual Dunder Mifflin.

Can you even stand it?